Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-13
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20 . question concerning the IA
plan sman and guide. "Wen,
II. lleckon. l wintered and sum
/ will him aud Nick Gentry in tue
adfslE rlays OF 40 and '47-the times,
1oW,NE the overland trade on the
Ee' ioad, between St. LOUIS and
d eKfcl5. 1t took five or SIX months
h ffe trip by wagon and team over
yMaff0n route, as 1t was called.
Ss&atfy. When l was with him III
giateG out TO me many places wnere
encouaIers had taken place be-
the Waite traders and the sneaking
md-thirsty Pawnees, ki0Was, Co.
es and Apaches."
spabout Carson. What sort of
as Ihe old guide and trapper?"
had many Indian characteristics,
TO ths fact that his lie had been
: spef among the savaQes. He
fiang, modest to a degree among
lite 10 lows, resisted any attempt to
him INTO notice, and was abashed
ven Irritable when he perceived d
siti0n 10 lioniZe him. He felt i'll at
amoDg white men, but when among
ldiittle aad no such feeling. Carson
slowly and as one having authority.
ldgplfI in all difficulties occurring on
rob or questions arising in council
qaestioned. His habits were was
q, his fare plain. | have known
20 fOr days without food, and
ia same time feel no great
Yanience. A handful OF dried
r. meat, or little parched corn,
BIZ. carried in a sort of pouch behind
Iddle. his only ratIOns for weeks
times. He was temperate, too, and
N, fever, INDUCED IN strong drink.
III WAS lOOsely-built man, Of small
re, qnd did not weigh over 100
IL. SIM pie habits OF life had become
q nature TO himself and his asso-
on the plains. The Injuries of life
he con inement of towns, when they
5uedRih the whit settlements, soon
I .aff EN-. and in little while they
:o1E 4 their hunting grounds, the
e I A. of the prairie and the pure
aus e. Mr.. Boggs, Carson was
n3cdcl plainsman. He was
bns in all bis movements on
march, out daring in times OF
sency. quick to perceive any advan-
to be taken, whether over the willy
te OF In combating the elements. 1t
20 speak OF his bravery.
ontys Experience bear testimony to
n de rendered valuable service to
niftsd States government during the
can war. and after he had quit FIRE.
Was gplde and scout for old Gen.
EN- w. kearny. He was IN the nard
at SAN PaschaI, where kearny was
ted by Andres Pico."
hat were the circumstance attend
arson's aeath?"
WAS caused by an accident. He
an hftefy by falling from his mule,
his last at my brothers resi-
J, on The Las Animas, not far from
lie or old Fort Bent. where the two
'assed many happy days and passed
|41l ma ny exciting scenes Of frontier
"a. vsk- 4 said Mr.. Boggs, slowly and
b w6rsvf5Ice, as if cOmmuning with
III. tins Rocky mountain heroes
AL gls.&sed away; Carson, Sublette,
,er, WAiiafns, Greenwood, Black,
t8s AEXIV& 6lhtth SOhS w nv
!. MISUNDERSTANDING "
~ g If1hseIf, the gentleman con-
,sais Il; xa0f CarsOn's bravery, let me
an ii,cfzfent that will illustrate his
The. If was a most horrible and dis
Ipq one, and took place on the Santa
ad, near The Cimarron mountains, in
AsFnerohanJ trader named James
e from Independence, Mo-, with his
servant and child, was captured,
her with. bis merchandise train, by
who, after the Apaches,
EAe most devilishly cruel of all
North american Indian tribes.
9 and ali bis men were Immediately
BANKED and scaiped, and the women
mid carried off prisoners. News of
flair REACHED the New Mexican set
mt. where Kit Carson happened TO
& lived bear Taos In New MeXicO) },
10 ilnrnediately started, joining a
on United States dragons, under
aand, OfsIol. Sumner, in pursuit OF
lurder0Is marauders. The troopers
too slow for the active plainsman.
with his knowledge of Indian tricks
b anners. soon struck the Comanche
and..in advance of the dragons,
led It until nightfall, when he found
avagesr encamped. Returning to
sumner after long and weary night
lesurCed him to make forced march
eurprise the Comanches. 1t was
the only way. Carson argued to
le fhe4prisOners alive, for it is well
n fact among old Indian fighters
the cruei redskins, when not taken
lrDfibB. will retaliate on their attack
artythy killing the prisoners sought
, rescued, in order TO save their
"a. as every eremy's scalp, whether
IN Woman or child, counts one Ca
is called. OF this fact" added Mr..
i. III am myself aware. | learned
sitn' living with the Cheyennes and
.ahCes in 1874. The Sioux and
ttches. as well as the sneaking Paw
aod Kiowas, all do likewise. Their
4 are similar, roaming as they do
he same region of country on the
Mains of Colorado and Northwest
Texas. up to the Yellowstone
Missouri rivers on the north.
ia return to Carson and the
luches: Before setting out In pur-
he visited as he told me himself the
F. Of the " mite massacre, which had
discovered by a Mexican. From the
in which the goods and other ma
I law scattered around he knew il
the work OF COmahches, and this fact
/ him in trailing. When he returned
II sumner and the dragons and
4 aim. as | SAID before, TO make a
N march so as TO reach the Indian
ge before daylight, the Colonel asked
how many Indians are there in
~
From 800 to 4o0,' replied Carson; 'all
Ing men with their families
TOO many Tor me 10 handle,' said the
nal. i have only sixty fighting regu-
and about twenty-five volunteers
cred in from surrounding ranches. /
q, risk their lives against so large a
arson grew impatient. There is
moment 20 he lost. Colonel, if you
Id surprise the Indians and rescue